Registered Nurse (RN) Sign on BONUS! - Swan Health at Wichita Falls : Job Details

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Registered Nurse (RN) performs those activities for which the RN has been prepared through education and training. The RN provides nursing supervision in the planning for and provision of nursing care to patients and directs and evaluates care given by other licensed nurses and personnel. The RN provides education, assesses needs, plans for, implements, evaluates and documents care being provided by nursing staff to each patient. The RN is responsible both for nursing care directly provided by that nurse and the care provided by others under her/his supervision.

QUALIFICATIONS:

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Physical: Walking - up to 80%
• Standing - up to 80%
• Kneeling - up to 50%
• Sitting - up to 10%
• Pushing - up to 25%
• Bending - up to 50%
• Squatting - up to 50%
• Pulling - up to 25%
• Reaching - up to 50%
• Lifting - up to 50 lbs
• Wrist/Finger Movements - up to 90%

Mental: Stress Level: Moderate to high

EXPOSURE RISK: Category I - Jobs in which required tasks routinely involve a potential for mucous membranes or skin contact with blood, body fluids, tissues or potential spills or splashes. Use of appropriate measures is required for every healthcare provider in these jobs.

EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, MATERIALS, MACHINES USED:

B/P cuffs, stethoscope, syringes, IV pumps, feeding pumps, beds, scales, lifts, hyper/hypothermia units, glucose monitors, PCA pumps, suction equipment, ventilators, crash cart, miscellaneous medical equipment and DME, telephone, facsimile machine, copier, printers, computers